Biodiversity response to climate change in a warm deep sea

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 821-828

  Danovaro, Roberto ^a   Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   Pusceddu, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Deep sea ecology; Meiofauna; Nematodes; Temperature shifts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP SEA; NEMATODE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NEMATODA;

EID: 4444314277     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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